Bass Metals set to produce zinc concentrate for export at Hellyer Friday, February 11, 2011 Diversified miner Bass Metals (ASX: BSM) is poised for cash flows from the Hellyer Mine project with the shipment of zinc concentrate from the Port of Burnie.
Bass has now commissioned the filtration circuit to produce zinc concentrate, placing the company in the final phase of the Hellyer development plan.
The first milling campaign of around 25,000 tonnes of ore has been used for commissioning of the mill including filling of float cells, thickeners and stock tanks, as well as concentrate production.
This includes the first shipment of 500 tonnes of zinc concentrate scheduled for ship loading next week.
Mike Rosenstreich, managing director, said “This Mill commissioning has progressed particularly well given that in the late 1980s it took three years to fully commission the Mill on Hellyer ore, in 2006 it took 3 weeks to commission on tailings feedstock and this time it has taken approximately one week to attain steady state throughput and create a marketable product.”
In January 2010, Bass signed a committed off-take contract with leading global multi-metals business, Nyrstar, for all zinc and lead concentrates produced from the current Fossey Mine.
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